Clothes-stick.



No. 741,933. "PATENTED OCT. 20,1903;

I H. SARASINr CLOTHES STICK.

APP-LIUATION FILED JAN. 5, 1903.

NO MODEL.

Witnesses: 177149722077 Patented October 20, 1903.

ATENT FFICE.

HULDEGE SARASIN, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTHES-STICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,933, dated October20, 1903.

Application filed January 5,1903. Serial No. 137,859. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HULDEGE SARASIN, of Amesbury, county of Essex, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Clothes-Sticks, ofwhich the following de? scription, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

Thisinvention relates to a form of clothesstick which is especiallyintended to be used in removing clothes from a washboiler after theyhave been boiled. Prior to my invention forks and similar devices havebeen used for this purpose; but with these appliances it is somewhatdifficult to so manipulate the stick as to secure a firm hold on theclothes without touching them with the hands.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple form of clothes-stickonto which the clothes in the boiler may be readilywound, sothat theymay be removed therefrom.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device, and Fig. 2is an end View thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof in adifferent position.

The stick a is preferably of wood, and two stiff wires 17 and c areconnected thereto. Said wires are substantially U-shaped in form, andtheir ends 11 c are bent at right angles to the adjacent main portionthereof, the said ends of each wire respectively entering and beingsecuredin the stick at diametrically opposite points. The points atwhich the ends of one wire enter the stick are midway between orapproximately ninety degrees from the points where the ends of the otherwire enter it. The main portions of the wires extend substantially inparallelism 10ngitudinally of the stick, and their middle portionsextend beyond and about the end of the stick and are bent outwardly toform transversely-extending loops b c and inwardly at b 0 opposite theend of the stick, to form obliquely-extending loops b c, the portions 11c crossing at right an gles; The longitudinallyextending portions of thewires are also each provided with one or more transversely-extendin 100s b c the wires being secured to the stick by staples d at the ends ofsaid loops.

In removing the clothes from the boiler my device is so manipulated thata portion of the clothes will enter one of the clothes-engaging loops orbecome entangled therewith, and then the stick is twisted, so as to windthe clothes upon it, thereby enabling them to be lifted from the boiler.The obliquely-extending loops b c at the ends of the stick enable theuser to pick up a small article by pressing these loops against it andtwisting the stick so that the article becomes entangled with the loops.

With my device there are no projections on the stick which are liable totear the clothes.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new,'and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. Aclothesstick haviugapairof U-shaped wires extending longitudinallythereof and about one end of the stick at right angles to each other atsome distance beyond said end, said wires being bent to form a series ofclothesengaging loops, and means forsecuring the wires to the stick,substantially as described.

2. A clothes-stick having, in combination with the stick, a pair ofU-shaped wires passing about one end thereof and crossing each othersubstantially at right angles, the

ends of said wires being secured to the sides of the stick and themiddle portion thereof being bent inwardly toward the middle of the endof the stick, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HULDEGE SARASIN.

Witnesses:

LOUIS H. HARRIMAN, II, B. DAVIS.

